Hi Mark I'm a new rider myself just passed 200km today and I found it helped me to think of steering with my feet and using my arms for balance. Steve....
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Mark
r42pilot2000
Feb 1, 2008 2:11 pm
Hi Steve! Thanks for the suggestion. I had read that somewhere and maybe it was something you wrote. For me, it seems that thinking is what gets me in...
3475
cycleguy4233
Feb 1, 2008 2:36 pm
Hello I just uploaded pictures of a custom headrest for my Silvio. The only thing I noticed after riding for awhile was a stiff neck.. probably would go away,...
3476
rhb7192
Feb 1, 2008 6:34 pm
Thanks Stuart! I'll try the 1.95s. ... say...
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denis_rivest
Feb 2, 2008 1:07 am
... Hi Mark, I regularly go back and forth between my Freerider and my RANS Stratus, it takes me about 5 minutes to get re adapted, I have to remember to relax...
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Kendrick Ling
Kendrick_Ling
Feb 2, 2008 5:42 am
Hi Harold, Nice pictures. You're evidently good at DIY :) Kendrick ... guard!...
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Peder Torgersen
pedertorgersen
Feb 2, 2008 1:28 pm
Hi all Riding in wind this is the first season I have used a Streamer it functions well but I have had one surprise. I was going downhill over 60 kilometers...
3480
Douglas Burton
hardtailcruzer
Feb 2, 2008 2:48 pm
Hi Peder, Riding in February in Norway in 36mph winds! I think you win the prize for dedication! And for the best stories this winter! No matter how you cut...
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Peder Torgersen
pedertorgersen
Feb 2, 2008 5:06 pm
Hi Doug When I was going 60 kilometres down hill it was a quite day but I got a little wind from the side that surprised me. The little side wind had more...
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Mark
r42pilot2000
Feb 3, 2008 1:11 am
Tody, I got on the bike and took right off like I knew what I was doing. Nice straight lines and got some good speed going. My wife wanted to give it a try,...
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Doug Burton
hardtailcruzer
Feb 3, 2008 3:54 am
Today I ended up at Toys R Us for some reason, and found a really good donor frame based on a 24 inch bike made by Kent. It's not in the website catalog,...
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Mark
r42pilot2000
Feb 3, 2008 5:13 am
I went to the Kent website and did not find a y frame (yet),but check this out: http://www.kentbicycles.com/images/products/52407 24" Lightweight aluminum 7005...
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Mark
r42pilot2000
Feb 3, 2008 5:52 pm
Doug, You told me once you were anxious to see what another Vision pilot thought of the Cruzbike. While I'm still more or less in the beginner stage of...
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jack lamoureux
jlmx39
Feb 4, 2008 12:23 am
Right on Mark we will have to go riding sometime. Jack...
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Douglas Burton
hardtailcruzer
Feb 4, 2008 3:49 am
Mark, I'm glad to see you're enjoying your Cruzbike. You seem to validate everything I observed at about the same point in the learning curve. The "huge...
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Mark
r42pilot2000
Feb 4, 2008 4:41 am
Doug, Yes, enjoying is the word. I was kind of pouting today because it was raining. So I made chili and drank beer instead.<G> Longer rides are definitely...
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Mark
r42pilot2000
Feb 4, 2008 4:43 am
Love to, Jack. Your place, or mine? Give me a couple weeks to get dialed in on this bike, but yeah, Id definitely love to go on a Cruzbike ride with you....
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MirceaDP
mdp727
Feb 4, 2008 2:27 pm
Hi I found this: http://marosbike.ro/images/maros_top_gun.jpg (http://marosbike.ro/product_info.php?cPath=81_116_id=286) under 200 meters from home ... The...
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Mark
r42pilot2000
Feb 4, 2008 7:19 pm
Has anybody figured out a decent solution to mounting a rear pannier rack on a dual suspension bike like these? I'm not real crazy about the seat post rack...
3493
togeror
Feb 4, 2008 9:42 pm
... Hi, I have done that . I will post a pic of it soon....
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David Middleton
dmidesign4
Feb 4, 2008 9:47 pm
Old Man Mountain Racks are for dual suspension bikes. http://www.oldmanmountain.com/...
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Mark
r42pilot2000
Feb 4, 2008 10:54 pm
Thanks, David, Being an insufferable cheapskate and DIY kind of person, I was really hoping to figure out a way to mount one of the nice, tubular racks I ...
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Doug Burton
hardtailcruzer
Feb 5, 2008 12:40 am
Sheldon Brown has died. A great loss for cycling and humanity. May he rest well. http://www.interbiketimes.com/sheldon-brown/...
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Jim Parker
cruzbike1
Feb 5, 2008 2:16 am
I spoke with him one time when I was trying to find some hard-to-find tires and he was a big help. His website http://www.sheldonbrown.com/ is such a huge...
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Carl Turek
cjturek
Feb 5, 2008 3:44 am
I spent many hours reading about anything you want to know about bikes and their maintenance on his site. His homebrew BB bearing cup remover tool saved me...
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Carl Turek
cjturek
Feb 5, 2008 4:07 am
Hi Mircea I try to find frames where the elevation of the top tube is equal to or close to a line drawn from the tops of the tires. This bike looks close. The...
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Mark
r42pilot2000
Feb 5, 2008 5:06 am
I was truly saddened by this news. I refer to Sheldon Brown's website often. I hope that somebody will keep his work going. Mark ... bikes ... remover ... ...
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Thomas G. Rampton
mountain_man...
Feb 5, 2008 6:40 am
I never met Sheldon Brown, but just this morning I was using his gain ratio calculator to figure out my Silvio gearing. What a creative and prolific guy he...
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recyclix
Feb 5, 2008 11:50 am
Vale Sheldon Brown. After a couple of hundred K's on my bike I still find going nice and straight to be a task worthy of some concentration! I recalled reading...
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John Tolhurst
johntolhurst
Feb 5, 2008 12:39 pm
Sheldon's inspired and authoritative technical writing made many cruzbike developments just that bit easier. One time I wrote to him to say he had an entry...
